﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿This piece was written for this week's magpie tales prompt, the hyped and hyper arch-famous image of the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda). To see what other participants in Tess Kincaid's writing group are offering, and perhaps give it a try yourself, go see Mag 59. This is also my first attempt at the new genre started by Ruth at synch-ro-ni-zing: Nouvelle 55, "flash fiction, based on a piece of art, in 55 words".

29 comments:

That's an intriguing take on the famous lady. It's fun to imagine what she has thought looking back on all of us gawkers, for centuries. I have not seen her behind a bar, poor dear. Best to protect her, I suppose.

That first line is just a perfect summing up of the infamous expression. A diffident and so artificial constraint.And the pranking does seem in evidence with a second glance, whether in the artist's or subject's mind.

Yes, what is she thinking in her "diffident corset"? I remember being so surprised, the first time I saw her, at how small the painting is. Her gaze is so large. He certainly was a trickster.Nice magpie and nouvelle 55, Lorenzo!

Gioconda, coy grin on one still pan,balancing a world agawk swinging wildly on the other.

Get the feeling Leonard would have been the first to develop the movie camera and "pan" Mona Lisa in the golden triangle balance which puts a perspective on those high ideals of the Italian Renaissance! Brilliant take!

Wonderful work, Lorenzo! I'm always amazed at what you can say in so few words. I absolutely adore how the first stanza begins with her and then takes us to the artist...and that perfect last word...prankster. I also love your use of the word "corset." Big applause!